Olsen, Spang

23.04.1965, Danska

Lasse Spang Olsen worked for twenty years as a
coordinator of film extras on more than three hundred films in Denmark and
throughout Europe. His directing opus consists of many commercials, music
videos, and short films, and as a director of photography, he made four Danish
feature films. As a director, he made his feature film debut with Hvor ligger
Painful City? (1993). He achieved great success with the film I Kina spiser de hunde (1999), which got a sequel three years later. Up
to the present, he has directed thirteen feature, documentary and TV films. This
year and next, he is expected to finish his latest two films.

Filmography

Films by this director

I Kina spiser de hunde

(1999)

Directed by: Olsen, Spang

PHOTOGRAPHY: Morten Soborg

Synopsis:

The influential film magazine Variety called this film an action comedy that astounds you with the same mix of eccentric and colorful characters, casual violence, and bloody comedy as Pulp Fiction. This is the story of Arvid, an ordinary decent man, whose sense of right and wrong suddenly changes when he accidentally prevents a bank robbery and becomes a hero against his will…

color, 91 min

I Kina spiser de hunde 2

(2002)

Directed by: Olsen, Spang

PHOTOGRAPHY: Henrik Kristensen

Synopsis:

Harald is released from prison and visits his stepfather who is seriously ill. Harald makes a promise to him that he will find his real son, Ludvig. Soon he finds out that Ludvig is a serial killer of women and is currently in the most secure prison in Sweden. Following this is a bank robbery, a liver transplant, a suicidal hostage, the unavoidable Montenegro mafia, and much more… This is sort of a prequel to the film I Kina spiser de hunde. The director Lasse Spang Olsen made this fil...

color, 95 min

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